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Anna Kendrick is starring in a Super Bowl Commercial with Barbie!

J. Kim Murphy This year’s Oscars ceremony will not require in-person attendees to provide proof of vaccination against COVID-19, Variety has confirmed.After a 2021 ceremony that saw the Academy Awards downsize to a smaller gathering at Los Angeles’ Union Station, the Oscars will return to its traditional setting in the Dolby Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard for its upcoming ceremony on March 27.

Last month Father John Misty announced details of a brand new studio album and shared "Funny Girl." Today we get the second single from Chloë and the Next 20th Century. "Q4" is a typically wry ballad and comes with a video packed with nods to vintage movies, acting as a credits scene filled with shots of ballet dancers and typerwriters.

IATSE is praising the Biden administration’s latest proposals to increase union membership throughout the country. The entertainment industry is one of the most unionized workforces in the nation, but last year only 6.1% of all private sector employees belonged to a union, following a long and steady decline from 16.8% in 1983. Unions in the public sector represent about 35% of workers. Combined, unions represent little more than 10% of the American workforce.

The race to the 94th Oscars kick into high gear Tuesday when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences reveals nominations in a global live stream hosted by Leslie Jordan and Tracee Ellis Ross. The ceremony begins at 8:18 a.m. ET/5:18 a.m. PT.

SOPHIE last year.Last year, shortly after the musician’s death, a petition addressed to NASA was launched by fan Christian Arroyo to name the planet TOI 1338 b after SOPHIE, receiving over 95,000 signatures and support from SOPHIE collaborator Charli XCX.Arroyo shared an update earlier this week revealing that while it may not have been successful, another galactic entity has been renamed to honour the pioneering producer. RE1, an asteroid discovered by Antonín Mrkos at the Kleť Observatory in the Czech Republic, is now officially known as Sophiexeon.The change was announced by the International Astronomical Union in June of last year.

ISLESFORD, Maine -- Ashley Bryan, a prolific and prize-winning children’s author and illustrator who told stories of Black life, culture and folklore in such acclaimed works as “Freedom Over Me,” “Beautiful Blackbird” and “Beat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pum,” has died at age 98.Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing announced that the longtime Maine resident died “peacefully” Friday in Texas, where he had been staying with relatives.“An early, quiet, and potent force in bringing children of color and issues of racial diversity into the canon of children’s literature, he was committed to opening the eyes of children of all backgrounds to a wide range of themes through poetry, folktales, spirituals, and biblical narratives,” the publisher’s statement reads.Bryan was a Harlem native who showed an early talent for drawing and for a time was the only Black student at the art school at Cooper Union in Manhattan. He served in a segregated military unit for two years during World World II, an experience he recounted in his memoir “Infinite Hope: A Black Artist’s Journey from World War II to Peace,” and resumed his art studies after the war.Bryan worked on more than 70 books and received numerous honors, including Coretta Scott King Awards — given for the year’s best work by a Black author or illustrator — for the folktales “Beautiful Blackbird” and “Beat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pum.” He also received two lifetime achievement prizes: the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award (now known as the Children’s Literature Legacy Award) and the Virginia Hamilton award.Survivors include his brother Ernest, and “many cherished” nieces and nephews, according to Simon & Schuster.“I am deeply saddened to learn of Ashley’s passing,” Gov.

94th Annual Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, Feb. 8, beginning at 5:18 a.m. PT/8:18 a.m. ET, and streaming live on Twitter, YouTube and Facebook.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorAmazon Prime Video has acquired the North American and Latin American rights to Anthony Nardolillo’s “7th & Union,” starring Mexican actor/comedian Omar Chaparro (“Pokemon: Detective Pikachu,” “Stuck”). Grandave Intl.

The £693 rise in energy bills this April will be a “hammer blow” for Scottish households, consumer campaigners and politicians have warned.

UK songwriter organisation the Ivors Academy has a new Chair in the form of Tom Gray, the songwriter, Gomez musician and founder of the #brokenrecord campaign.That campaign, of course, worked closely with the #fixstreaming initiative instigated by the Ivors Academy and the Musicians’ Union in pushing for and then contributing to the UK Parliament’s inquiry into the economics of streaming. And then in supporting the private members bill proposed by Kevin Brennan MP which, had it passed, would have made some of the copyright reforms proposed by that inquiry.Gray takes over from Crispin Hunt – another artist and songwriter who has been very vocal in the big streaming debate – and who announced that he was standing down as Chair of the Ivors just last week.The Academy has rejigged its structures in recent years, and when commenting on his appointment as the organisation’s new Chair, Gray also explained the process behind that appointment.

Kate Middleton is reportedly taking over the role of patron of English rugby union, replacing Prince Harry. It’s believed that the Duchess of Cambridge, who recently celebrated her 40th birthday, is the first Royal to take over one of Harry’s roles after the Prince decided to step down from his duties in January 2020. Harry, a keen rugby fan, was vice-patron of the Rugby Football Union between 2010 and 2016, before stepping up and taking over the Queen as patron.

A former Manchester United assistant manager is likely to be leading the Australian national team during their crucial World Cup qualifier with Vietnam on Thursday.

A Scots thug found guilty of a brutal machete murder bid has shared pictures on Instagram and Snapchat just days after being locked up.

More details are coming to light about Adele’s Las Vegas residency postponement!

WASHINGTON -- ABC’s “This Week” — Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Sens.

A family has said they are 'broken' after a body was found in the search for a missing Scots pensioner.

Glenn Berger, longtime national controller for the International Cinematographers Guild, died today at work in the union’s headquarters on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles. He was 64 and just four days away from retirement.

Calls for voters to be offered a third option at a future referendum on Scottish independence have been dismissed as a "pig in a poke" by a former Yes campaign chief.

Scottish Labour has distanced itself from reports the party could allow future election candidates to be in favour of independence.

ROCKLAND, Maine -- The restoration of the Maine home that was the birthplace of Edna St. Vincent Millay, the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for poetry, will be completed in the new year.Millay was born in an upstairs bedroom of the house in 1892 and remained there for the first six months of her life.

WASHINGTON -- ABC’s “This Week” — To be announced.——NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Secretary of State Antony Blinken.———CBS’ “Face the Nation" — To be announced.———CNN’s “State of the Union” — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio; Gov. Asa Hutchinson, R-Ark.; Sen.

environment minister, before becoming leader of the center-right Christian Democratic Union in 2000, when it was in opposition.

Manchester City this week turn attentions to the Champions League where they face managerless RB Leipzig, who sacked Jesse Marsch following Friday's defeat to Union Berlin.

A beloved Scots gran died in a horrific house fire in Moray.

these cops before throwing to a photo from the Jan. 6 insurrection at the capital.The final person to come on the show was Liz Cheney, played by Cecily Strong, who stated, “I’m a congresswoman from Wyoming, I’m endorsed by the NRA and I have an 80% rating from the American Conservative Union,” before adding she’s the daughter of Dick Cheney.

John Cleese decided to cancel himself and call off a planned appearance at Cambridge University after a fellow attendee was "blacklisted" for doing an impersonation of Adolf Hitler.  Taking to Twitter ahead of his planned appearance, Cleese, who is a Cambridge alumnus, noted that he was getting ahead of being "blacklisted" by calling off his appearance after art historian Andrew Graham-Dixon was blacklisted by Cambridge Union President Keir Bradwell for doing a mocking rant as Hitler to make a

John Cleese. Cleese took to Twitter to write a Dear John letter to… well… himself.

took to Twitter, saying: “I was looking forward to talking to students at the Cambridge Union this Friday, but I hear that someone there has been blacklisted for doing an impersonation of Hitler.“I regret that I did the same on a Monty Python show, so I am blacklisting myself before someone else does.”The funnyman followed up with a second tweet, telling his 5.6 million followers: “I apologize to anyone at Cambridge who was hoping to talk with me, but perhaps some of you can find a venue where

Naman Ramachandran Celebrated “Monty Python” and “A Fish Called Wanda” actor and writer John Cleese has pulled out of an upcoming talk at the Cambridge Union on Friday, citing concerns over “woke rules” and an Adolf Hitler impersonation he had famously done on the “Fawlty Towers” series decades ago.Cleese, who is a Cambridge alumnus, was responding to a decision by the Union to blacklist art historian Andrew Graham-Dixon.

WASHINGTON -- ABC’s “This Week” — Surgeon General Vivek Murthy.——NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Gov. Phil Murphy, D-N.J.; New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.———CBS’ “Face the Nation" — Cedric Richmond, senior adviser to the president; Sen.

The Refuge has announced its Christmas programme and is set to host its very own Christmas market every weekend in the lead up to the big day.

The vaccination mandate for city employees was negotiated in bad faith, according to a lawsuit filed by the Los Angeles Police Protective League, the rank and file’s union.

Juliette Lewis is standing up for Hollywood crew members poised to strike.

UK broadcasting union Bectu has urged members to “do nothing to undermine the IATSE action” and say no if offered the work of a striking IATSE member.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterThe major entertainment unions issued a joint statement of solidarity with the International Association of Theatrical Stage Employees on Friday, as the craft union looks towards a strike authorization vote next week.The statement was signed by the heads of SAG-AFTRA, the Directors Guild of America, the Writers Guild of America, East, and the Teamsters.“On behalf of our hundreds of thousands of members working across film and television, we stand in solidarity